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The Season > Operas and Ballets > Mefistofele
• Cast | • Timetable | • Running time | • Synopsys | • Photographs
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| 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30 January 2008 |
| Arrigo Boito |
| Mefistofele |
Opera in un prologo, quattro atti e un epilogo
Libretto di Arrigo Boito
dal Faust di Wolfgang Goethe
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| Conductor |
Stefano Ranzani |
| Director |
Giancarlo Del Monaco |
| Scenes Designer |
Carlo Centolavigna |
| Costumes Designer |
Maria Filippi |
| Coreography |
Cesc Gelabert |
| Chorus Master |
Miguel Fabían Martínez |
| Youth Chorus Master |
Salvatore Punturo |
| Assistant Director |
Marco Carniti |
| Assistant Scenes Designer |
Mauro Tinti |
| Assistant Costumes Designer |
Luisella Pintus |
| Lighting |
Wolfgang von Zoubek |
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Teatro Massimo Orchestra, Chorus, Youth Chorus and Ballet
New production
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Performers
| Mefistofele |
Ferruccio Furlanetto |
January 23, 25, 27, 30 |
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Askar Abdrazakov |
January 24, 26, 29 |
| Faust |
Giuseppe Filianoti |
January 23, 25, 27, 30 |
| Walter Fraccaro |
January 24, 26, 29 |
| Margherita |
Dimitra Theodossiou |
January 23, 25, 27, 30 |
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Alessandra Rezza |
January 24, 26, 29 |
| Marta |
Sonia Zaramella |
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| Wagner |
Mimmo Ghegghi |
January 23, 25, 27, 30 |
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Giuseppe Caltagirone |
January 24, 26, 29 |
| Pantalis |
Monica Minarelli |
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Timetable
| Wednesday |
23 January 2008 |
Premiere |
at 8.30 pm |
| Thursday |
24 January 2008 |
Turn S1 |
at 6.30 pm |
| Friday |
25 January 2008 |
Turn B |
at 6.30 pm |
| Saturday |
26 January 2008 |
Turn F |
at 8.30 pm |
| Sunday |
27 January 2008 |
Turn D |
at 5.30 pm |
| Tuesday |
29 January 2008 |
Turn S2 |
at 6.30 pm |
| Wednesday |
30 January 2008 |
Turn C |
at 6.30 pm |
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Running time: 3 hours and 40 minutes
First part - 75 minutes
Interval - 25 minutes
Second part - 50 minutes
Interval - 25 minutes
Third part - 45 minutes
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Synopsis
PROLOGUE
In Heaven Mefistofele offers God a wager: he says that he can succeed in seducing the learned Faust onto the paths of evil and that he will gain possession of his soul. God accepts.
FIRST ACT
Mefistofele travels to Frankfurt disguised as a Franciscan monk. He enters Faust’s study and convinces him to sign a contract.
SECOND ACT
Mefistofele and Faust are in a garden with Margherita and Marta, her neighbour. Faust converses with Margherita and seduces her. To prevent their being disturbed, he gives Margherita a powerful sleeping draught for her mother. Mefistofele and Faust travel to a witches’ sabbath on a mountain top. Faust beholds a vision of Margherita, pale as death with a blood-red rope around her neck. He hears Mefistofele’s curse upon the world.
THIRD ACT
Margherita is in prison awaiting her execution. She has been accused of having killed her child and poisoned her mother. Faust attempts to convince her to flee with him, but she refuses. She recognises Mefistofele as the devil and prays for forgiveness. Choruss of angels announce the salvation of her soul.
FOURTH ACT
On the banks of the Penejos in ancient Greece, young girls perform a dance in honour of the full moon. Helen of Troy and her companion Pantalis lament the fate of Troy. Mefistofele and Faust appear. Faust professes his love for Helen and they withdraw to a cave.
EPILOGUE
Faust sits in his study in Frankfurt. He has grown old and thinks back upon all he has experienced. He realises that his life has been mere vanity. He dies with the Bible in his hand, without giving in to the last temptations sent by Mefistofele. Faust is welcomed by the angelic host into Heaven.
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Photographs
(Click on any photograph you wish to see enlarged)
Photographs Franco Lannino ©Studio Camera
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